A vest pocket type .25 ACP from Bernardelli Gardone Val Trompia, Italy.
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Made in 1952, and you can see the idea of a +2 magazine isn't anything new. This one holds 8 rounds, the standard one (assembled correctly) holds 6. I don't have a standard one.
It's kind of a cross between a Browning Vest Pocket and a Walther Number 9 in how things work. There's also the obligatory magazine disconnect, no Euro gun is complete without that!
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Yes, that heel-latch is as hard to get to as you think it might be.
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But at least the cocking indicator is sharp enough to be used as a scratch-awl!
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And all took apart:
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Made in 1952, and you can see the idea of a +2 magazine isn't anything new. This one holds 8 rounds, the standard one (assembled correctly) holds 6. I don't have a standard one.
It's kind of a cross between a Browning Vest Pocket and a Walther Number 9 in how things work. There's also the obligatory magazine disconnect, no Euro gun is complete without that!
Yes, that heel-latch is as hard to get to as you think it might be.
But at least the cocking indicator is sharp enough to be used as a scratch-awl!
Marking details:
And all took apart:
